Life kind of sucks right now. You feel way more stressed and anxious than you ever have. Most of the time, you feel like you are just living to be whatever your friends and family expect you to be. It feels like you are living someone else’s life altogether, not your own. Sometimes, your heart starts to beat fast and you feel edgy. The voice in your head starts playing on a continuous loop predicting every worst-case scenario imaginable. It’s been like this for awhile and you are sick of it. ...
I believe that embracing your true, authentic self is the product of healing the wounds and traumas of the past. Anxiety and trauma present themselves as memories that intrude while at school or work, negative thoughts towards yourself or others, nightmares that recur, stomach aches and headaches, and the feelings of guilt, shame, anger, and sadness. Anxiety and trauma symptoms can feel inescapable, and it can feel as though you are in quick sand, sinking deeper each day. As the mind ...
My purpose is to ultimately help my clients achieve the goals they wish to accomplish. I offer a safe, empathetic and a warm environment. I use interventions that offer not only symptom relief, but also a means to improve emotional connections to the individual and others. I have experience in treating LGBTQIA populations, depression, sexual challenges, anxiety disorders, trauma, bipolar disorder, substance use disorders, chronic pain, chronic illness, disabilities, and disease. As a dedicated p...
I listen closely to each individual and support his or her unique ability to heal by utilizing the wisdom of their mind, body, and soul. My approach is grounded in the belief that each person possesses innate inner resources he/she can use to heal, grow, thrive, and fully connect with their soul to become the whole person that they are meant to be. My service is the work of the soul. My work and approach are characterized by intuition, compassion, optimism and collaborative exploration, and a re...
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No one gives us humans an operating manual or instruction book for how to deal with tough situations. I am here to guide you in a non-judgmental way through the therapeutic process. My name is pronounced "Dah-NEE-ka" and I live in the Northern Virginia area of Metro Washington DC. I was born and raised in Massachusetts and I am a New England girl at heart. I live with my husband of 24 years, my 21 yo "human" daughter, our 19 yo "Bonus Daughter" (friend of my daughter's whose family left the area...
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I rely on my education and training, but also my own personal narrative to help clients address the difficulties in their lives. I'm naturally a very insightful and intuitive person, which comes in handy when helping clients understand their potential for overcoming the problems keeping them from a preferred reality. I use a collaborative approach that involves curious inquiry and rich story development....
Are you feeling stuck or struggling to make changes in your life but can’t quite figure out how to get there? I offer tools to help people learn to decode their emotions so that they no longer need a therapist guiding them, but rather they can address life's challenges with greater confidence. My treatment focuses on helping people accept the past, and make concrete changes in their lives that lead to a greater sense of peace and satisfaction. My aim is to create a warm and collaborative environ...
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Our group psychotherapy practice offers help with anxiety, depression, relationships, sleep (including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia), eating disorders, body image, grief, addiction, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. Our clients tend to be people who are successful in many ways and feel overwhelmed, lost, alone, or in need of some self-esteem building. We particularly love working with college students because by nature they are figuring out who they are and want to be, and the wo...
VIPCare is committed to helping clients restore hope and healing through relationship. VIPCare counselors have a unique sensitivity to the dynamics of behavior and faith, and base their counseling on these beliefs: Healing involves questions of meaning and value as well as symptom relief; A a caring relationship is basic to healing; Human beings need both personal and relational wholeness; Our counselors work in conjunction with medical, psychological, and psychiatric consultants. Ref...
Thank you for taking the time to visit my page and explore what I can offer to you. Having over 20 years of clinical experience and being an Energy Psychology Practitioner, I have found that using an intuitive and collaborative approach to building therapeutic relationships is critical to empowering individuals along their journeys. I believe that we all embody strengths and abilities to heal from trauma and adversity. My goal is to assist you not only with identifying useful, practical strategi...
To be seen and known by others is an incredible feeling of connection but it means being authentic and vulnerable. Sadly, we live in a time with the illusion of connection while being more disconnected than ever. You may feel disconnected from others and even from yourself. Though you are a gift to this world, it is often blocked and unexpressed. This may leave you feeling alone and invisible. The truth is, you may be starving for deeper connection and that starvation looks like depression, anxi...
I work with clients who think of themselves as "the black sheep"- someone who feels like they don't quite fit in. Sometimes, clients identify that they are co-dependent in relationships, meaning they struggle to make decisions on their own....
Washington Psychological Wellness is a boutique-style mental health clinic located in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Our counselors, therapists, and psychologists have a passion for helping members of the Montgomery County, Maryland community fulfill their mental health & wellness goals. Our therapists provide an integrative, holistic, therapeutic approach to treatment and have specialized knowledge and training in individual, adult, adolescent, child, couples, and family therapy and the treatment of v...